diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-gnusocial b/src/freedombone-app-gnusocial
index 36320bfccc266d0dcfe94589dcab7b0330f4febb..8f9d371146e32e41f39766c6a223dfe87fa788cf 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-gnusocial
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-gnusocial
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ function restore_local_gnusocial {
         gnusocial_dir=/var/www/${GNUSOCIAL_DOMAIN_NAME}/htdocs
         # stop the daemons
         cd $gnusocial_dir
-        su -c "sh scripts/stopdaemons.sh" -s /bin/sh www-data
+        scripts/stopdaemons.sh
 
         function_check gnusocial_create_database
         gnusocial_create_database
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ function restore_remote_gnusocial {
 
         # stop the daemons
         cd /var/www/${GNUSOCIAL_DOMAIN_NAME}/htdocs
-        su -c "sh scripts/stopdaemons.sh" -s /bin/sh www-data
+        scripts/stopdaemons.sh
 
         function_check gnusocial_create_database
         gnusocial_create_database
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ function remove_gnusocial {
     fi
     if [ -f /var/www/$GNUSOCIAL_DOMAIN_NAME/htdocs/scripts/stopdaemons.sh ]; then
         cd /var/www/$GNUSOCIAL_DOMAIN_NAME/htdocs/scripts
-        su -c "sh scripts/stopdaemons.sh" -s /bin/sh www-data
+        scripts/stopdaemons.sh
     fi
     kill_pid=$(ps aux | grep /var/www/$GNUSOCIAL_DOMAIN_NAME/htdocs/scripts/queuedaemon.php | awk -F ' ' '{print $2}' | head -n 1)
     kill -9 $kill_pid
diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-postactiv b/src/freedombone-app-postactiv
index 5f0780e8d53f41bbd3ad3ec9ba08215621df73c3..e289410a812a1b6fea209138460ea6c71510a5af 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-postactiv
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-postactiv
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ function restore_local_postactiv {
         postactiv_dir=/var/www/${POSTACTIV_DOMAIN_NAME}/htdocs
         # stop the daemons
         cd $postactiv_dir
-        su -c "sh scripts/stopdaemons.sh" -s /bin/sh www-data
+        scripts/stopdaemons.sh
 
         function_check postactiv_create_database
         postactiv_create_database
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ function restore_remote_postactiv {
 
         # stop the daemons
         cd /var/www/${POSTACTIV_DOMAIN_NAME}/htdocs
-        su -c "sh scripts/stopdaemons.sh" -s /bin/sh www-data
+        scripts/stopdaemons.sh
 
         function_check postactiv_create_database
         postactiv_create_database
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ function remove_postactiv {
     fi
     if [ -f /var/www/$POSTACTIV_DOMAIN_NAME/htdocs/scripts/stopdaemons.sh ]; then
         cd /var/www/$POSTACTIV_DOMAIN_NAME/htdocs/scripts
-        su -c "sh scripts/stopdaemons.sh" -s /bin/sh www-data
+        scripts/stopdaemons.sh
     fi
     kill_pid=$(ps aux | grep /var/www/$POSTACTIV_DOMAIN_NAME/htdocs/scripts/queuedaemon.php | awk -F ' ' '{print $2}' | head -n 1)
     kill -9 $kill_pid